COURTESY PHOTO | McGann-Mercy High School students competed in the Moody’s Mega Math Challenge earlier this month. From left, James DeRicco, Delina Auciello, Kurt Bitner, Jennifer Perugi and Matthew Abazis.

Five McGann-Mercy High School students participated in the Moody’s Mega Math Challenge earlier this month in hopes of winning up to $115,000 in scholarships, according to a press release issued Monday by the school.

The McGann-Mercy team’s findings were submitted in the form of a report to the Environmental Protection Agency within the competition’s time limit, officials said.

Math teacher Rosemary Darcy prepared her students — Matthew Abazis, Delina Auciello, Kurt Bitner, James DeRicco and Jennifer Perugi — for the online competition that took place on March 2. About 1,280 high school teams from 29 states participated and were tasked with solving the real-world issue in just 14 hours using math modeling and analysis, officials said.

School officials said contest winners for the scholarship prizes should be announced within six weeks.